Alice Coachman, (C) of the U.S., along with DJ Tyler (L), of Great Britain, and Micheline Ostermeyer of France, stand on a podium at Wembley Stadium to receive their awards for the Olympic women ...

Alice Marie Coachman was born in 1923 in Albany, Georgia. Growing up, she was physically active, but at that time it wasn’t socially acceptable for women to be athletes.

Coachman won gold at the 1948 Olympic Games in the high jump and certainly overcame mountains of obstacles on her way to competition. Here are 10 things you didn’t know about her incredible life.

Alice Coachman achieved her greatest fame in 1948 when she won the Olympic high jump title in an Olympic and American record of 5' 6 1/8", becoming the first Black woman, from any country, to win an ...

Alice Coachman, first Black Olympian and Albany native, honored in Macon By Alicia Lewis Published: Mar. 8, 2023 at 2:47 PM PST ...

Alice Coachman was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, in the high jump at the 1948 Games in London. Associated Press Alice Coachman, Who Won a Gold Medal but Came Home to ...

Coachman had planned to compete in the 1940 and 1944 Olympics, but both were canceled as a result of World War II. Despite only competing in the 1948 Olympics, Coachman was still honored as one of ...

“For Alice Coachman and everyone who was a part of that generation, everything the African-American people did as a whole seemed to always have a larger purpose,” Barrett said.

Alice Coachman Davis never entered the pantheon of breakthrough African-American sports heroes, like Jesse Owens or Wilma Rudolph. But she was a pioneer nonetheless. In 1948, competing as Alice ...

Becoming a pioneer for Black American women in track and field wasn’t initially on the radar for Alice Coachman, but that’s exactly what happened in 1948 when Coachman became the first Black woman ...